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“We have to stop allowing the ED to be the triage point for all patients reaching out to the EMS system”
Learn what’s changed in the 2021 ACS FTG and how to implement the trauma triage guidelines
Examining the evidence for managing intubation attempts, PEA and ETCO2 for out of hospital cardiac arrest
What EMS needs to know about treating suicide attempts
Fire chiefs say that Nashoba Valley Medical Center’s closing adds to the existing workload difficulties
Kern County officials created an Ambulance Patient Offload Time Task Force to deal with wait times
A fire on the roof of Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Allegheny County was determined to be caused by welding
Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer and Carney Hospital in Boston face closing due to healthcare firm’s bankruptcy
North Mississippi Medical Center-Tupelo surgeon acknowledges prehospital care and response times in successful patient outcomes
ETI has been the primary method to help patients breathe; however, in the last decade, there’s been a significant shift toward using SGA, especially for cardiac arrest patients
A University of Michigan surgical team responded to the scene in Ann Arbor to prepare for a possible field amputation
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center is using IntelliSep for rapid blood sample testing
Military medics at the University Medical Center benefit from the opportunities to treat serious injuries under supervision
San Diego County’s extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation pilot program using ECMO was started over a year ago and involves three hospitals
The Decatur Morgan Hospital was fined $5,000 and penalized for failing to meet response time requirements
Hospitals have been developing plans should violence or disaster strike at the convention during this time of political anxiety
Officials have planned and rehearsed for two years how to move 180 patients to a new hospital in Wheat Ridge
Regional Medical Center in San Jose changed course after county officials said the closure would lead to unnecessary deaths
Journal of the American Medical Association research studied cash stipends for low-income people in Chelsea, Mass. and found 27% fewer visits
University Hospitals is using a $3M grant to improve the EMS response to mental health crisis calls
The U.S. Secret Service had already worked with Butler Memorial Hospital staff on a response plan years earlier when Donald Trump was president
Providence hospital officials said an an anesthesiologist who may not have followed infection control practices
Decatur Morgan Hospital EMS is appealing a second response time fine since their service started in 2021
The EMS radio report communicates vital information to help the hospital prepare for the patient’s arrival
While a Crittenden EMS crew was inside Regional One, a patient reportedly left the hospital and stole a Memphis Fire Department ambulance from the bay
Millions are without power after Hurricane Beryl swept into Texas
Since 2010, 149 rural hospitals have either closed or stopped providing in-patient care
Over 65 ambulances from more than two dozen rural EMS departments are using new technology during transports
Northwest Hospital in Randallstown completed a major upgrade to its emergency department to improve the flow of patients transported by EMS
Whitfield Regional and University of Alabama at Birmingham hospitals are collaborating on a new method of patient treatment
Morris Hospital’s Camp911 introduced children to careers in fire, EMS, law enforcement and emergency communications
Training at the Mineral County Airport involved several departments and agencies dealing with a patient surge